'blowout' definitions:
Definition of 'blowout'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'blowout'
From: GCIDE
- blowout \blowout\ n.
- 1. a gay or lavish festivity. [colloq.]
- Syn: gala, gala affair, jamboree. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. the sudden deflation of an inflatable tire due to a puncture or rupture, often accompanied by a bang. [PJC]
- 3. the sudden escape of gas or liquid confined under pressure, such as in a gas or oil well, or in a system containing pressurized air or steam. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'blowout'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- backfire,
- ball,
- bang,
- banquet,
- bash,
- bean-feast,
- beano,
- blast,
- blow,
- blowup,
- boom,
- burst,
- carnival,
- cocktail party,
- coffee klatch,
- costume party,
- detonation,
- dinner,
- dinner party,
- discharge,
- disgorgement,
- do,
- donation party,
- ejaculation,
- emission,
- entertainment,
- eructation,
- eruption,
- explosion,
- expulsion,
- extravasation,
- fair,
- feast,
- festal board,
- festival,
- festive occasion,
- festivity,
- fete,
- field day,
- fiesta,
- flare,
- flash,
- fulguration,
- fulmination,
- gala,
- gala affair,
- gala day,
- garden party,
- great doings,
- groaning board,
- hen party,
- high jinks,
- house party,
- house-raising,
- housewarming,
- jamboree,
- jet,
- Kaffeeklatsch,
- kermis,
- lawn party,
- Lucullan feast,
- Mardi Gras,
- mask,
- masque,
- masquerade,
- masquerade party,
- outburst,
- outpour,
- party,
- picnic,
- report,
- Saturnalia,
- shindig,
- shindy,
- shower,
- smoker,
- spout,
- spurt,
- squirt,
- stag,
- stag party,
- surprise party,
- waygoose,
- wayzgoose